Deirdre Osborne; The State of the Nation: Contemporary Black British Theatre and the Staging of the UK
Chapter III “The State of the Nation: Contemporary Black British Theatre and the Staging of the UK” in Dimple Godiwala ed. Alternatives Within the Mainstream: British Black and Asian Theatre Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Press, 2006. 82-100
The unprecedented mainstream programming and staging of plays by Black British dramatists characterises London’s theatrescape of the new millennium. In contrasting ways, the plays of Kwei-Armah, Williams and Daley expose general issues and themes through the centrality of Black British experiences. These writers represent a new generation of indigenous Black British cultural assertion, demanding perpetual inclusion in the British cultural psyche where white-dominated theatrical hegemonies remain evident.
